Bracket for custain-sixtures



S. C. HILLSJ BRACKET FOR CURTAIN FIXTURES.

APPLICATJON FILED JAN-31,1920- 1,376,542. Patented y 3, 1921.

UNETE SIDNEY C. HILLS, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUE, ASSIG-NOE TO THE TURNER 85 SEYMOUR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT, A

CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

BRACKET FOR CURTAIN -F1XTTIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1921.

Application filed January 31, 1920. Serial No. 355,359.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SIDNEY C. HiLLs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Torrington, county of Litchfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Brackets for Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in brackets for curtain fixtures and has for its object to provide a bracket made up from sheet metal and of correspondingly lighter weight than brackets heretofore made. It further has for its object to provide a gooseneck bracket in which the neck is tubular as contrasted with the solid necks heretofore used. It further has for its object to provide means for reinforcing the connection between the goose-neck and the base plate so as to prevent axial movement at that point.

The following is a description of an embodiment of my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 shows a plan view of a bracket for aduplex fixture embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the bracket;

Fig. 3 is a modification showing my invention embodied in a single rod fixture;

Fig. 4 is a section of the bracket of Fig. 3 on the line parallel to the axis of the gooseneck;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the base plate of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevation of the end of one of the goose-necks before it is inserted through the orifice in the base plate and secured thereto.

Referring more particularly to the draw ings, 1 is a base plate of a double goose-neck bracket, the same being provided with openings 2, 2 provided with lateral recesses 3. 4i, 4: are curved tubular goose-necks, the same being preferably formed of sheet metal rolled and bent around so as to have seams on their inner faces, as shown at 5 in Fig. 2. The outer ends of the goose-necks are provided with ferrules 6, 6, the outer portions of which are screw-threaded as shown in Fig. 4. Upon these screw-threaded portions are screwed the ordinary rod-holding sleeves 7 holding the ends of the rods 8. The other ends of the tubular goose-necks are provided with collars 9, forming shoulders which are provided with diametrically opposite projections 10 adapted to enter the recesses 3 of the holes 2 and be held therein when the ends of the goose-necks are passed through those holes and bent down, as shown at 11 in Fig. 2, so as to hold the goose-necks firmly to the base plate. The collars 9 are rigidly secured to the goose-necks preferably by spot welding, and the ferrules 6 are also secured thereto in a similar manner. Where the tubular goose-necks are made from sheet metal so as to have scams 5 the ferrule 6 and the collars 9 assist in holding the seam closed. lfn this way a bracket whose principal parts are struck up from sheet metal is attained, the goose-neck portions being tubular and secured firmly to the base plates so that they cannot have any axial movement relatively thereto.

The construction of the bracket shown in 3 and 4 is similar to the bracket shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the exception that the base plate 1 is a single base plate and only one goose-neck is used.

As will be evident to those skilled in the art, my invention permits of various modifications without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a bracket for a curtain fixture, a perforated base-plate, a tubular goose-neck connected thereto, a collar fitting one end of said goose-neck and rigidly secured thereto and forming a shoulder adjacent to the baseplate and engaging the face thereof, said goose-neck having end portions engaging the rear of said base-plate, and a screw threaded ferrule upon the outer end of said goose-neck adapted to receive a rod-holding sleeve, said perforation having a lateral recess and said collar having a projection entering'said recess so as to hold said collar from axial movement relatively to said baseplate.

2. In a bracket for a curtain fixture, a perforated base-plate, a tubular goose-neck connected thereto, a collar fitting one end of said goose-neck and rigidly secured thereto so as to form a shoulder adjacent to the base-plate and engaging the face thereof and having end portions engaging the rear of said base-plate, and an exteriorly screwthreaded ferrule upon the outer end of said goose-neck adapted to receive a rod-holding sleeve, said goose-neck having a seam along its inner surface and said collar and ferrule fitting opposite ends of said goose-neck and rigidly secured thereto and acting to hold the edges of said seam together.

SIDNEY C. HILLS. 

